Overview
Taizu of Later Liang was a ruler.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 907 甲子Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 74-75
- AD 907 開平元年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 53, 75
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Taizu of Later Liang (太祖之父)father 父 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 86
- Descendant of Lady Liu (劉氏)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 86
- Descendant of Emperor Zhaowu (昭武皇帝)imperial grandfather 皇祖 · paternal line · 2 generationsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 86
- Descendant of Lady Yang (楊氏)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 85
- Descendant of Emperor Guangxian (光獻皇帝)imperial great-grandfather 皇曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generationsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 85
- Descendant of Lady Fan (范氏)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 84
- Descendant of Emperor Xuanyuan (宣元皇帝)high ancestor 高祖 · paternal line · 4 generationsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 84
Career and standing
- AccededAD 907 甲子 · EmperorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 75
- AD 907 甲子Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 75
Places and affiliations
- Polity Great Liang 大樑 · Relation FoundedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 53
- Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 75, 77
Works and attributed material
- Edict · AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 51-65, 81
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 78
Events and relationships
- Assumed emperorshipAD 907 甲子 · Political · Enthroned · At Hall of Golden Auspice 金祥殿Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 75
- Banqueted investiture envoysRitual · Host · At Hall of Primordial Virtue 元德殿Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 77
- Held grand feastAD 907 開平元年 · Ritual · HostDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 68
- Issued accession edictAD 907 開平元年 · Ritual · AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 51-55
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment merit fitting Heaven and the people · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Xue Yiju (薛貽矩)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 79
- Assessment merit fitting Heaven and the people · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Su Xun (蘇循)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 79
- Assessment merit fitting Heaven and the people · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Zhang Yi (張禕)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 79
- Item imperial robes and crown 袞冕 · Relation DonnedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 75
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 75
- Declared Tang Tianyou year 4 to be Kaiping year 1 and the state name Great LiangDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 53
- Ordered seals of capital offices and of armies, prefectures, and counties recast while keeping former seal-script inscriptionsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 81
- Raised Bianzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture as Eastern Capital; former Eastern Capital became Western Capital; abolished Jingzhao Prefecture in favor of Yongzhou Youguo Army governorshipDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 64-65
- Retained all former Tang civil and military officials in their offices and ranksDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 60
References in the histories
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